Florida Senate - 2024                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 786
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/06/2024           .                                
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       The Committee on Education Pre-K -12 (Powell) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 29 - 74
    4  and insert:
    5  for peaceful conflict resolution through the use of a conflict
    6  resolution curriculum selected by the Commissioner of Education.
    7         (1)(a) Middle and high schools within this state shall
    8  apply to the Department of Education, in a format and by a date
    9  prescribed by the department, to participate in the program.
   10         (b) The commissioner shall select five middle or high
   11  schools to participate in the program. To the extent possible,
   12  the commissioner shall select schools with a high rate of
   13  juvenile violence.
   14         (c) The commissioner shall select a conflict resolution
   15  curriculum for use in the pilot program.
   16         (d) The commissioner shall select a nonprofit organization
   17  capable of working with the department and participating schools
   18  to oversee the pilot program’s implementation and to analyze the
   19  data resulting from the pilot program.
   20         (2) A participating middle or high school shall:
   21         (a) Implement the curriculum selected by the commissioner,
   22  focusing on skill-building without undermining the school’s
   23  existing disciplinary framework to provide students with
   24  conflict resolution skills pertinent to their daily interactions
   25  and overall community health.
   26         (b) Provide data and information requested by the selected
   27  nonprofit organization.
   28         (c) Complete the pre-program and post-program survey
   29  created by the selected nonprofit organization.
   30         (3) The selected nonprofit organization shall:
   31         (a) Oversee implementation of the pilot program.
   32         (b) Provide guidance to participating middle or high
   33  schools on implementing the conflict resolution curriculum into
   34  each such school’s existing curriculum.
   35         (c) Collect relevant data and information relating to the
   36  rates of juvenile violence in selected schools before the pilot
   37  program and the rates of such violence after implementation of
   38  the pilot program.
   39         (d) Provide periodic updates to the department on the
   40  implementation of the pilot program.
   41         (e) Create a pre-program and post-program survey that must
   42  be completed by school administrators and teachers at
   43  participating schools.
   44         (4) Upon completion of the pilot program, the selected
   45  nonprofit organization shall provide a report to the Governor,
   46  the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
   47  Representatives, and the department, which must include:
   48         (a) The number of students enrolled at participating
   49  schools.
   50         (b) The rates of juvenile violence in participating schools
   51  before the pilot program.
   52         (c) The rates of juvenile violence in participating schools
   53  after implementation of the pilot program.
   54         (d) The findings of the pre-program and post-program
   55  survey.
   56         (e) Recommendations for the inclusion of the curriculum of
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   58  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   59  And the title is amended as follows:
   60         Delete lines 9 - 13
   61  and insert:
   62         select a certain number of middle or high schools to
   63         participate in the pilot program; requiring the
   64         commissioner to select a conflict resolution
   65         curriculum for use in the program; requiring the
   66         commissioner to select a nonprofit organization to
   67         implement the pilot program; providing participating
   68         middle or high schools and the nonprofit organization